Multiscale chemical heterogeneities beneath the eastern Southwest Indian Ridge (52°E-68°E): Trace element compositions of along-axis dredged peridotites

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Seyler, Monique ^a   Brunelli, Daniele ^b,c,d   Toplis, Michael J ^e   Mével, Catherine ^f  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

abyssal peridotite; Indian Ocean; mantle heterogeneities; trace elements; ultraslow spreading ridge

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BASALT; FRACTURE; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; FRACTURE ZONE; GLOBAL VARIABILITY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; LOWER PRESSURES; MANTLE HETEROGENEITIES; MANTLE ROCKS; MANTLE SOURCE; MULTISCALES; PARTIAL MELTING; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ULTRASLOW SPREADING RIDGE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTURE ZONE; GARNET; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OUTCROP; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; PYROXENE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 80053071188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003585     Document Type: Article

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